Workers escape as garage collapse in California

LOS ANGELES — Officials say a portion of a parking garage being built in Los Angeles collapsed minutes after nearly 200 construction workers were alerted that something was wrong and fled to safety.

Traffic was briefly snarled when a section of the structure measuring about 50 by 75 feet came down just before 9 a.m. Friday in a heavily congested area on the east side of downtown. The structure was being built to house buses.